From: Bob Johnston <haloman@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: undeprecate raw driver.
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 23:01:51 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20070514T005958-424@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 464770A0.4070809@s5r6.in-berlin.de
Stefan Richter <stefanr <at> s5r6.in-berlin.de> writes:
> So why don't we simply say:
>
> - "Users of feature A are urged to migrate to alternative B."
> - "Feature C will be removed in February 2038."
>
> Everybody understands the meaning of /that/.
Why not just use the terms:
* outdated - as a replacement for "deprecated".
* toberemoved - as a replacement for "obsolete".
These terms are easy to understand, short, universally accepted and extremely
difficult to get wrong.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-13 23:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-13 16:32 undeprecate raw driver Dave Jones
2007-05-13 16:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-13 16:43 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-13 16:46 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 17:34 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2007-05-13 17:56 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 20:06 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 20:24 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-13 21:40 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 20:10 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 21:49 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-13 22:42 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-13 23:01 ` Bob Johnston [this message]
2007-05-14 11:42 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-14 13:53 ` Bob Johnston
2007-05-14 14:07 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-15 2:47 ` David Schwartz
2007-05-14 13:39 ` Bill Davidsen
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